Note 22 - Dividend payable

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Schedule of Dividends Payable [Table Text Block]

22.   Dividend payable

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
	US$(’000)		US$(’000)
	(Unaudited)
Dividend payable to Series A convertible preferred stock holders		288		255

Dividend to Series A convertible preferred stock holders was accrued at the per annum rate of 10% and calculated based on US$2.5 per share liquidation preference and the actual number of days of each share of the Series A convertible preferred stock was outstanding for each of the reporting period.  For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011, the Company paid approximately US$374,000 and US$91,000 dividends in cash to its Series A convertible preferred stockholders, respectively.